Began writing career early, publishing novel, Eve's Sacrifice, serially in Australian Journal, in addition to several novelettes and short stories in Australian, Hamilton Spectator and Sydney Bulletin by age 17; worked as journalist at Auckland Weekly News (early 1900s); joined daily New Zealand Times in Wellington (1908); worked as cook on several North Canterbury sheep stations (1920s); returned to journalism, editing women's columns "Cookery Chats" and "Mutual Help" for Weekly Press (1926); published best-selling Practical Home Cookery Chats and Recipes (1929); also worked briefly for New Zealand Life and Home Magazine and contributed to numerous journals under nearly 20 pseudonyms.

See also Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (Vol. 4).

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